The Board granted service connection for right and left foot plantar fasciitis and right foot hammer toes as secondary to pes planus, but denied service connection for a right foot disorder other than pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and hammer toes and a left foot disorder other than pes planus and plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 and May 2025 VA examiners' opinions are clear and unequivocal and are based on the relevant information, including the Veteran's statements, STRs, and post-service records. The Board found that the right and left disorders other than pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and hammer toes did not have their onsets during service or within one year of discharge and are not otherwise related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot plantar fasciitis, right foot hammer toes, right foot disorder other than pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and hammer toes, left foot plantar fasciitis, left foot disorder other than pes planus and plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25012446
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Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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